Acute septic pancreatitis presenting as colonic necrosis
Goldofsky, E.; Cohen, B.A.; Greenstein, A.J.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 79(7): 548-552
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 6741908 Document Number: 241828
A 43-year-old alcoholic male homosexual, developed acute ischemic necrosis of the descending colon secondary to acute necrotizing pancreatitis. CT scan was diagnostic of pancreatitis. Necrosis of the left colon required colectomy with colostomy. Postoperatively recovery was slow but ultimately complete. The patient is in excellent health 18 months postoperatively.